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Writing Popular Books About Science - Brown, Carroll, Ooguri - 4/7/2015
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55:31Now PlayingCaltech Roundtable: Writing Popular Books about Science
Dabney Hall; April 7, 2015
Hear three Caltech professors, who have written successful books about science for non-experts, discuss the challenges and rewards of their writing:
- Sean Carroll, Research Professor of Physics, “The Particle at the End of the Universe: How the Hunt for the Higgs Boson Leads Us to the Edge of a New World”
- Mike Brown, Richard and Barbara Rosenberg Professor and Professor of Planetary Astronomy, “How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming”
- Hiroshi Ooguri, Fred Kavli Professor of Theoretical Physics and Mathematics,”Introduction to Superstring Theory”
This panel addressed questions such as:
- What does the writing and research process entail for a popular book about science?
- What effects do writing for the public have on a scientist's research and career?
- How does a scientist get a popular book contract and work to promote the book?
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